Retail sales rose 0.4% in December. Economists had expected a 0.6% rise in spending, according to Bloomberg data. Meanwhile, retail sales in November were revised up to 0.8% from a prior reading that ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are set to question Scott Bessent’s stance on taxes, tariffs, trade and other issues during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.

Follow along with MarketWatch's live coverage of the Senate confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald ...

New rules come into force on Friday (January 17) requiring mobile, broadband and TV package providers to share with customers when and by how much prices will increase in the year ...

Wall Street just went wild. Stocks posted their biggest gains since Trump took office again, with the S&P 500 climbing 1.8% ...

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller says that the central bank could resume cutting interest rates in the first half of the year if inflation continues to show that it has cooled. If price ...

Americans feeling the pinch at the grocery checkout may want to ignore what they've been told all their life and skip breakfast.

U.S. Inflation Rates Over Time and the Forecast for 2025 The latest Consumer Price Index, released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in January 2024, showed an increase of 0.4% for December 2024 ...